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It just comes with the territory of riding a motorcycle. Oh and you MUST post some pics. I am close to going insane from not being able to ride all summer.

I'm gonna hit up my friend's dad to see if I can... saddle up on his Ninja 250.

Nice bike, btw.

you have to be between those 2 cuts in the road, below those 2 cuts are wires that put out a slight magnetic field between them, but when they sence metal between those 2 wires it changes the field and the computer sees that and trips the light. A motorcycle has less metal than a car and some lights need adjusted to be more sensitive, sometimes it helps to throw ur kickstand down or install a powerful magnet on the bottom frame of ur bike, but that don't always work, the best way is call the city, town or township thats responsible to maintain those lights and tell them the light won't trip with a motorcycle, they can correct it. Here in Pennsylvania ur allowed to proceed on a red light the same way as a stop sign if that red light is malfuctioning.

sometimes it helps to throw ur kickstand down

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Put your kickstand right on the loop and it should trigger the light. I have good luck with this.

noodlenoggin wrote:

sometimes it helps to throw ur kickstand down

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Put your kickstand right on the loop and it should trigger the light. I have good luck with this.

the problem with the kickstand is some peoples bike if in gear will cut out thus they would have to have it in neutral and that isnt a good combination in any situation. My bike cuts out no matter what if I put the kickstand down and I aint in neutral.

As you are approaching the stop light, count the number of circles you see. In Southern Cali we have about 3 circles per lane to act as triggers. For the lights that dont activate on the circle closest to the crosswalk, I have a 95% success rate that the middle circle works if I stop there....just somethin else you can try.

This topic seems to come back regularly, with a lot of good suggestions and other comments. I really wish we had a few members who were cops so we could hear their point of veiw.

Do LEOs understand the problem? Do they ticket or will they listen to reason?

I've never had a problem with the lights around my area, so it's not something I've had to deal with. I'm sure it's only a matter of time though...

noodlenoggin wrote:

sometimes it helps to throw ur kickstand down

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Put your kickstand right on the loop and it should trigger the light. I have good luck with this.

This only works with steel kickstands. If your sportbike has one of those fancy aluminum kickstands, this won't help at all. It takes ferrous metal to trip the sensor.

That said, I've not yet encountered a light that wouldn't trip with my steel kickstand sitting right on top of the sensing loop.

Check your state laws. In my state, the legislature recognized this problem (my local state senator is a biker buddy) and they allow us to run them after one cycle. Suprisingly, there have been few problems doing this. Kind of neat to be able to legally jump a red light.

Greg

PS- I used to command a troop of M1s and like Lloyd Benson told Dan Quayle back in the day, "I knew John Kennedy and you ain't John Kennedy", I would tell a Hummer H1 (had one of those too), "I knew M1 and you ain't M1". Try moving a column of those through the German countryside one day and you will know that cages are not near as impressive as an M1.

G

BLKNSLVR wrote:Check your state laws. In my state, the legislature recognized this problem (my local state senator is a biker buddy) and they allow us to run them after one cycle. Suprisingly, there have been few problems doing this. Kind of neat to be able to legally jump a red light.

When I took the MSF class the instructor told us we can proceed with caution after 2 compete cycles or 4 minutes. She learned that from another instructor that is a police officer.

One trick I've heard of, but never needed to use yet, was to pulse the starter motor for half a sec, when over the strip.

The electro-magnets are supposed to trip the Induction loop in the road.

Seems a sound logic to me